Iceland: Two more qualifiers join Söngvakeppnin 2019 grand final line-up

Tonight, Iceland’s annual song competition for the Eurovision Song Contest moved on with its second qualifying round and as usual, RÚV did not let the fans down by just having delivered an exciting show like last week. After all, two acts would have to advance to the grand final taking place on the 2nd of March at Iceland’s biggest indoor arena, Laugardalshöll, located in Reykjavik.

Five acts performed on stage at tonight’s show but it was the overall combination of the votes from a professional jury and the Icelandic audience votes which decided the ones still opting for the ticket to Tel Aviv in May, take a look at the qualifiers below (in bold):

Later, it was announced that Kristína Skoubo Bærendsen will join the final line-up as the winner of the special wildcard.

The winner of Söngvakeppnin 2019 will compete in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, more specifically in the second half of the first semi-final as drawn at the Allocation Draw which took place a few days ago in Tel Aviv.